Medicare & Medicaid

Report claims that between 2015 and 2024, uninsured people in states not expanding Medicaid would rack up to $266 billion in uncompensated care.

The stakes are huge because Medicaid enrollees are more likely to engage in unhealthy practices, such as smoking, and are less likely to get preventive care, studies show.

When it comes to preparing for the health necessities of old age -- ensuring healthy, affordable independence for seniors -- the U.S. is failing. The long-term care crisis will continue to bankrupt middle class families unless there is a national solution.

The Florida Legislature abruptly ended its session three days early on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of bills unrelated to healthcare unfinished.

Feds say Medical Center of Central Georgia billed Medicare for short-stay inpatient visits that should have been submitted as outpatient stays.

The U.S. House and Senate are considering trade legislation that would be financed in part by $700 million from extended Medicare sequestration authority -- much to the consternation of the healthcare provider community.

Like other recent proposals for inpatient hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities, payment would be tied to new standards for quality reporting.

Proposal also means 19 hospitals now listed as rural would be converted to urban, losing their 14.9 percent payment adjustment.

"You're talking about a healthcare service that's more challenging to regulate. People are going into other people's homes, rather than going into a facility," expert says.

ManorCare pressured skilled nursing facility administrators and rehabilitation therapists to meet unrealistic financial goals that resulted in medically unreasonable and unnecessary services to Medicare and Tricare patients, the U.S. Department of Justice said.